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. IILIIIIIII Patented Apr. 7, 1885.

UNITED STATES WILLIS H. BELKNAP,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

UMBRELLA OR PARASOL CANOPY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 315,224, dated April 7,1885.

Application lcd June 21, 1584.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, WILLIS H. BELKNAP, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, county and State of New York, haveinvented certainnew and useful Improvements in Parasol-Canopies for Childrens Carriages,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in the construction ofparasols, whereby they are adapted to be suspended from the upper side,and to the application ofthe same to canopies for carriages.

The invention consists in so constructing parasols that the order ofoperation in opening and closing them is the reverse of that of sucharticles as now made-that is to say, the stick is drawn up through thenotched ange to which the upper ends of the ribs are attached, bringingwith it the notched flange or part corresponding to the runner ofordinary parasols, to which the lower ends of the stretchers areattached, so that the notched flange of ordinary parasols becomes therunner, and the runner or part which slides on the stick becomes thenotched flange in this case,and is secured to the stick, which does notproject down below the same, but is inished off j ust below the notchedflange by means of asuitable ornamental knob. In adapting such a parasolto act as a canopy for carriages, the stick is provided with a kneejointat the part of it which is just above the parasol when it is open,thereby allowing the main portion of the stick4 to be placed in ahorizontal position and at right angles to the part within the parasol,thus permitting the said main portion of the stick to be placed within atubular or other suitable support secured to the back of the carriage,this said portion of the stick being provided with a suitable catch bywhich it is held in the tubular or other support 5 but to 'describe myinvention more particularly, I will now refer to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sectional view of my improved parasolopened. Fig. 2 is a similar view of it closed. Fig. 3 shows theapplication of it to a carriage as a canopy for the same. Fig. 4 showsenlarged views of the end of the tubular support and knee-joint of thestick, and Fig. 5 shows a modication.

The ribs a a and stretchers b b are constructed (No model.)

and connected together and to the notched flanges c and d, respectively,as in ordinary parasols and umbrellas. The notched iiange o, to whichthe ends of the ribs a a are attached, and which in this case may beproperly termed the f runner,"7 is provided with an upward1yprojectingsleeve, c', and the stick e e slides freely through it. rlhe lower end,e', of the stick is secured in the notched flange d, to which the lowerends of the stretchers b b are attached.

To permit of the main parte of the stick being laid over toward the topof the parasol, when opened, itis connected to the lower part, e', bymeans of the link f, pivoted in slots in the two parts e and e', thusforming a kneejoint. The part e of the stick is of such a length as toallow of this folding action taking place just above the sleeve c of theupper notched fiange when the parasol is opened, the upper end ofthesleeve c being grooved to fit the stick e, so that the spring of theribs and cover retain the parasol in its open position, with the part ofthe stick e at right angles to the part e. A spring, g, is fitted in thestick e near its end, and this spring catches into a slot in the tube orsocket holder in which the parasol is to be held, and when it is appliedas a canopy to a childs carriage, as shown at Fig. 3, a tubular holder,h, is attached to the back of the carriage Z, and into which the wholeof the part e of the stick is placed. The end of the tube h is slotted,so as to pass over the link f of the kneejoint, and the under side of itfits into the groove formed in the top of the sleeve c', as clearlyshown in Fig. 4, and when so placed the parasol is rigidly held, and theknee-joint locked by reason of the resilience of the ribs and stoppin jin the part e of the stick coming in contact with the under side of thenotched flange c, (see Fig. 1,) and the two parts of the stick e ccannot be brought into line until the parasol is removed from the tubeh. The spring g holds the stick e in the tube h by falling into orthrough the sloth', formed therein, and the parasol is removed bydepressing said spring in a manner similar to that in which thespring-catch of an ordinary parasol is operated, the parasol being nowclosed by pushing the stick e down through the notched flange c. Aninside lining, i, is

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easily applied to cover up the ribs, &c., and a neat finish is given tothe device by the knobj.

As a means for holding the parasol open, a spring, k, may be placed inthe part e' of the stick, so as to catch over the top ofthe sleeve c',or into a slot formed in it, as shown at Fig. 5; but I prefer, as aneater method, to hold the parts in open position, to make theknee-joint project just above the sleeve c', and to lock said joint asbefore described.

As shown at Fig. 2, the stick e projects above the sleeve c when theparasol is closed, so that it is as readily opened as those of ordinarymake. In this View the covering and lining are removed,so as not toconfuse the working parts.

It is evident that though this improved parasol isparticularly adaptedto be used as a canopy for carriages, it may be used as a covering Vinvarious other places, any suitable means being used to hold the end ofthe stick e when the parasol is opened, as shown at Figi.

Whatlclaim,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a parasol, the combination, with the ribs and stretchers and theirrespective notched iianges, of a jointed stick free to slide in thenotched flange of the ribs, and secured at one end to the notched liangeof the stretchers, thejoint of said stick being so located as to beabove the notched ilange of the ribs when the parasol is open, therebyallowing the projee-ting part of the stick to be folded toward the topof the parasol, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with a parasol in which the stick is secured to thelower notched flange and slides freely through the upper notched flange,and provided with a knee-joint which allows the projecting part to befolded over when the parasol is opened, of a tubular support into whichthe folded part of the stick n'ts, the end of said tubular support beinggrooved to iit over the link ofthe knee-joint, thereby locking the samein open position by the resilience of the ribs of the parasol and by astop-pin in the lower part ofthe stick, substantially as set forth.

3. In a canopy-parasol, in combination, the stick e e', provided withthe knee-jointf, the notched flange d, secured to the part e of thestick, the notched flange c, provided with the sleeve c', grooved at itsupper end, the ribsa a, and the stretchers b bv, substantially as setforth.

4L. In combination, thejointed stick ee, the notched flange d, andstretchers Z1 b, the notched flange @,and ribs a c, the spring lgin thepart e of the stick, and the tubular holder h, having an end groove andthe groove 7L', substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, at New York, countyand State of New York, this 19th day of June, A. D. 1884.

VILLIS H. BELKNAP.

Vitn esses:

ALFRED SHEDLooK, H. D. WrLLniMs.

